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User Authentication & Authorization in Express

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Secure authentication and authorization practices are critical for protecting web applications. This course teaches you how to manage user interactions with your app, data, and other users. With Broken Authentication and Broken Access Control being top security risks, it’s essential to implement the right measures to keep your application safe.

Syllabus

  • Introduction: User Authentication & Authorization in Express: Get an introduction to what you will learn about implementing user authentication and authorization in an Express application.
    • Informational: Introduction: User Authentication & Authorization in Express
    • Article: Web Security: Not An Add-On
    • Lesson: 2017 OWASP Top 10
  • Authentication, Authorization, & Encryption: Learn about three key concepts in Web Security: Authentication, Authorization, & Encryption.
    • Article: Authentication vs Authorization vs Encryption
    • Article: Evolution of Authentication
    • Quiz: Authentication, Authorization, and Encryption
  • Session Authentication in Express: Learn how sessions can be implemented using cookies and localStorage.
    • Lesson: Sessions & Cookies vs. localStorage
    • Article: Security-Related HTTP Headers
    • Lesson: Sessions in Express
    • Quiz: Sessions
    • Article: JSON Web Tokens (JWTs)
  • Password Authentication: Learn about Hashing, Encryption, Encoding, and Obfuscation, how to implement usernames and passwords, and how to encrypt passwords.
    • Article: Hashing vs. Encryption vs. Encoding vs. Obfuscation
    • Lesson: Passport.js Local Authentication
    • Lesson: Bcrypt
    • Quiz: Password Authentication
    • Project: Dognation: Password Authentication
  • OAuth 2.0: Learn how an application can use OAuth 2.0 for authentication and authorization.
    • Article: OAuth 2.0
    • Lesson: OAuth 2.0 in Express
    • Quiz: OAuth 2.0
    • Article: GitHub OAuth Application
  • Review: User Authentication & Authorization in Express: Review what you learned about implementing user authentication and authorization in an Express application.
    • Informational: Review: User Authentication & Authorization in Express

Taught by

Sarai Fernandez

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